1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Burkina Faso
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.9 National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
South Africa
1.10 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
1.11 Speaking Continents
1.12 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
1.13 Regulated By
Not Available
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
1.14 Interesting Facts
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
1.15 Similar To
Dagbani Language
Dutch Language
1.16 Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
6.4 Phonology
6.4.1 How Many Vowels
6.8.1 How Many Consonants
8.4 Scripts
8.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
8.6 Hard to Learn
8.6.1 Language Levels
8.8.2 Time Taken to Learn
11 Greetings
11.1 Hello
11.2 Thank You
11.3 How Are You?
Laafi beme ?
Hoe gaan dit
11.4 Good Night
11.5 Good Evening
11.6 Good Afternoon
11.7 Good Morning
11.8 Please
11.9 Sorry
11.10 Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare
Not Available
11.11 I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Ek het jou lief
11.12 Excuse Me
12 Dialects
12.1 Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou
Kaapse Afrikaans
12.1.1 Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Not Available
12.1.2 How Many People Speak
13.4 Dialect 2
Saremde
Oranjeriverafrikaans
13.4.1 Where They Speak
Burkina Faso
Not Available
13.4.2 How Many People Speak
14.8 Dialect 3
Taolende
Baster Afrikaans
14.8.1 Where They Speak
14.8.2 How Many People Speak
14.9 Total No. Of Dialects
15 How Many People Speak
15.1 How Many People Speak?
7.60 million19.00 million
0.13
1200
15.2 Speaking Population
15.3 Native Speakers
7.60 million7.10 million
0.13
873
15.3.1 Second Language Speakers
15.3.2 Native Name
15.3.3 Alternative Names
15.3.4 French Name
15.3.5 German Name
15.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
15.5 Ethnicity
16 History
16.1 Origin
Not available
17th Century
16.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
16.2.1 Subgroup
16.2.2 Branch
16.3 Language Forms
16.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
16.3.2 Standard Forms
16.3.3 Language Position
16.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
16.4 Scope
17 Code
17.1 ISO 639 1
17.2 ISO 639 2
17.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
17.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
17.3 ISO 639 3
17.4 ISO 639 6
17.5 Glottocode
17.6 Linguasphere
No data Available
52-ACB-ba
17.7 Types of Language
17.7.1 Language Type
17.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
17.7.3 Language Morphological Typology